Doug Ashdown Winter in America Original

[@codzy3532]

i know these are love songs......but the memory of hearing on the radio growing up an remembering your parents whom were around at the time this what this song reminds me of .......my mum driving me to high school when this came out rip mum an dad xox

[@JARonin]

This song has been with nearly me all my life. I found it in a music song book when I was 12 in the 80’s, and I learned to play it on the guitar. I think it is one of the most beautiful songs written. The harmony is just breathtaking, the movement from major to minor is breathtaking. And, Doug is Australian!

[@janmortimer1758]

Me too.I used to play the guitar and harmonize this beautiful song with my girlfriend when l was 16+ 😊🇦🇺♥️

[@LoveOneAnotherHeSaid]

we can HAVE brains .. we need to use them ... get over it, Australia. be supreme.

[@kkk8198]

This man is one of not only Australia's greats but the worlds. His words and music do not fade but are totally relevant today. Unlike many so called artists that fools flock to see

[@tomwalsh5751]

The song was originally realeased with the title "Leave Love Enough Alone", and it tanked. It was then rereleased in the States (during winter) with the new title of "Winter In America" and it became a hit. A beautiful song by a talented and humble man.

[@philwear]

Quite easily of of the most beautiful songs ever written ... by anyone

[@suecondon1685]

I wish I could have known enough of love, to leave love enough alone... what a line 😔

[@NORMPOSS]

For what it's worth, that's me singing backup.

[@darrenabrahams3949]

Wow...Super star...why bother..

[@brycehighley124]

@@darrenabrahams3949 If you are a TRUE BLUE AUSSIE - Gotta Give Credit Where Credits Due HEY !! What a F#*king WANKER You Are . Tosser !!!!!!

[@peterfarrell5203]

Lovely song with lovely backup I've got the 45 which sounds even better...lovely video remembering a great Aussie talent. Luv P

[@TheNorthernMist]

Awesome 👍

[@MichaelTaylor-dq9hq]

Norma you’re part of an absolute masterpiece

[@angiewolflove4040]

The frangipani opens up to kiss the salty air. Beautiful song thank you.

[@triciawenlock1196]

One if not the best Aussie song and singer.

[@RealFlamehead]

Such a beautiful gift Doug Ashdown gave us with this masterpiece.

[@Retroscoop]

One of those unbreakable 1970's classics, along with Horse with no name, New kid in town, Baker Street, Sundown, Heart of gold, Year of the cat...

[@waynedunn1108]

What a brilliant and timeless song still sounds great in june 21

[@nadiabrstak5646]

And in June 2022...

[@waynedunn1108]

@@nadiabrstak5646 good on you nadia im still here in june 2022 to

[@LoveFaithLive]

And February 2023

[@waynedunn1108]

@@LoveFaithLive cheers spot on

[@SuperNalien]

July 2023

[@kramrollin69]

Beautiful Iconic Aussie song, I remember when it was played in 1974. One of those great Oz ballads like Kevin Johnson's Rock and Roll, and Russell Morris's Wings of an Eagle, they take you to another place. We had many fine artists and composers, that most of the World never heard. I believe the song is about Doug thinking of his ex back in Australia in Summer, with her new BF, while he is working in the USA in winter time.....just to clear some confusion for our US people. Great song Peter, thanks for sharing with us.

[@vtbn53]

You have it mate, well done! I am not sure even Aussies at the time got it but the first verse sets it all up as to what it was about.

[@kramrollin69]

@@vtbn53 Cheers bud.

[@lawrenceweinzimer]

Winter in NY State (USA) is like death warmed over, to be charitable or mild about it. My girlfriend of 11 years passed away this very month in Upstate NY. Knew this song since 1978, and years later it hit me unbelievably.

[@icyman1964]

One of the best songs about lost love, still puts tears in my eyes. Thank you so much Doug.

[@brianphefley]

This will always be, to me anyway, the finest song an Australian artist has produced. It is impossible to tire of this song

[@janmortimer1758]

It certainly is beautiful.🇦🇺

[@frankparkinson3646]

"I wake into the sadness of the rain." ... Such a lonely string of words... We've all had that moment watching raindrops trickle down a glass window, silently lamenting lost love.. That line makes me pause, every time.😢

[@chriscastellari2071]

I saw Doug play many times at the Corn Exchange in Sydney. He was always the star act.

[@figbat1]

fantastic song........another australian song that should have been top 10 around the world.

[@davidc.williams-swanseauk3623]

Peter, I completely agree. When I first hear this song many years ago I actually thought it was Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues, performing under a pseudonym. Their voices and mastery of the love song being so similar. It should have been a massive hit!

[@davidc.williams-swanseauk3623]

I've just posted this brilliant song to a good friend of mine in the USA. Meanwhile, take a listen to my cover version of "Voices in the Sky" by the Moody Blues. I'd really appreciate your feedback!

[@davidc.williams-swanseauk3623]

Sorry I hit the wrong button (Doh!) Here it is - kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnnYfpSie8ambck

[@janis041964]

Outstanding clip!!!!!!!!!

[@boss9coupe]

unbelieveably beautiful song ! haven't heard it for many years i remember hearing it as a young boy of 7 years.. hauntingly beautiful song

[@Ngarla1]

Always loved this song......only just found out Doug was born and bred in Adelaide....as was I!!

[@stupendous1068]

Happy 80th birthday Doug Ashdown!!!

[@forfiire]

Thank you Doug for a beautiful song. We still have the original vinyl LP. Back in the 70s when our kids were very little and asleep in bed, my lovely wife and I would play this song on a "date night" with a plass of wine, in front of an open fire. Beautiful memories flood back!!

[@KatzHartz]

Can remember seeing Doug performing this on acoustic guitar on his own at The Basement in Sydney all those years ago, it would have been the early 70's and I would have been around 22 or so.

[@johndennen6738]

This song, and this Album are the most remembered and loved music in my collection. the words.....the feelings......the meaning.....it cannot be matched It raises sad memories for me but it also somehow gives me peace of mind....Thank you Doug . You have has a big impact on me.....now and forever........I never get tired of this sound.......

[@brodo761]

a much underplayed beautiful song. surely one of the greatest aussie songs ever

[@junior42885]

A beautiful song that will last forever. The first time I heard this song was 20 years ago. Just love it!

[@nitakate10]

Great Australian man. ❤

[@lindenmckenzie1649]

Nothing like true song writing,full of beautiful harmonies,chord progressions and heart felt lyrics. Bring back this type of music

[@masterblastoid]

philwear.....I agree 100% that it is one of the greatest and most beautiful tunes ever written. I love it to death. It clearly takes me back to my upbringing in the 70's. This is an ALL TIME classic. ...."I wake into the sadness of the rain.......making love to strangers". That is just sheer magic and gives me a beautiful feeling all over. More than just goose bump material.

[@masterblastoid]

philwear.....I agree 100% that it is one of the greatest and most beautiful tunes ever written. It takes me back to my upbringing in the 70's. ALL TIME classic. .."I wake into the sadness of the rain, making love to strangers". That is just sheer magic. More than just goose bump material. I'm a bit perplexed as to who really wrote the song. Will we ever know the truth? If it wasn't Doug's tune, then why wasn't it taken care of back in its day? No point in arguing now. Can anyone prove it?

[@bartvanheumen]

This is the coldest winther here in the Netherlands (specialy for me) in years. I feel the same as Dough in this song,he took the words right out of my mouth. Love sucks!

[@davidross261]

Heard this song of Dougs today on the radio..first time in more years than I care to admit to..was a beautiful song then and still is

[@brokenscimitar]

Een prachtig liedje, eeuwig mooi. Hij woont hier in Australie maar is bijna helemaal verdwenen uit het muziekwereldje. Zijn laatste optreden voor zover ik weet was een paar jaren geleden op een braderie in het plaatsje Dover, Tasmania. Het laatste waat ik hoorde is dat hij een wasserette heeft in zijn geboortestad, Adelaide. Jammer, wat een muziektalent. Groetjes uit Melbourne.

[@MickB235]

A classic piece of music and even today Australia still produces some marvellous music with boy and bear song 'southern son' as an example

[@grandmastervince]

This is one of the best songs that I have ever heard, and Mr Doug Ashdowne is an awesome artist!

[@marcinnsz]

Very beautiful song, very sad lyrics.. One of the best song ever..

[@laurietarawa1371]

New discover for me, and loving it

[@terrencewalsh5923]

Amazing song, yes boy and bear keeping australian music great now, we'll done doug Ashdown you opened up doors

[@lindadote]

This beautiful song sounds as fresh as the day it was released, thanks Doug. @Peter Bosse......The frangipani is the flower with which the Hawaiian leis (flower necklaces) are made.

[@knbbt]

Stunningly beautiful and 'real' lyrics.

[@transmissionends64]

Love this song. Saw Doug with Mike McClellan many times in the 80's. They were a great double act and excellent solo as well. Thanks for posting this gem!

[@deathcapped]

Brilliant song - still love it after all these years. Thanks for the upload.

[@peecee1384]

Nice tribute.

[@jimfinnerty8870]

Brilliant song; IMHO the third best Aussie song ever, behind Doug's own 'The Day They Freed The Noise' and The Loved One's 'Everlovin' Man

[@dianagray8521]

Just beautiful.

[@barbaracameron-smith7093]

Have always so loved this song. Re who did what, writing it is one thing, performing it another. Listen to that magic voice!

[@chaplinbooks]

Saw him in concert many years ago now and loved this song (and the album). Thank you for putting it on KZbin.

[@nicholaspappalettera4526]

I fell in love with this song when I first heard this in the 70's. Sound Unlimited with Graham Webb played it a number of times.Those were the days when music was music. 2ch play it once in a while. Re the previous ownership issue raised here, I guess that Doug is the only one who can put the discussion to bed.

[@junior42885]

Love this song, always!

[@hansmertens5697]

A fabulous song..

[@ccdcassi]

Thanks for putting this on You Tube, this song was released while my Mum went to the USA to stay with my Brother

[@newellgirl]

what a great Aussie even better..his name is "Doug" how Aussie can you get!! love this song..

[@markuitandel]

Absolutely stunning! It give,s me goosebumps

[@moondiamondcat]

I think Doug referred specifically to "Winter in America" because he was from Australia, and winter in America IS cold by comparison. And combine that with an experience like what he describes, so eloquently in so few words... What a truly great song.

[@MathBreemen]

Beautiful...

[@myfeeling4you]

WOW #1 all over again, what a vid, well done !! to look at Doug one wouldn't think he is a singer but what a voice he has and the song speaks for itself. Thanks again for the vid

[@williampower6534]

One Saturday morning many years ago I saw the original music video that had been filmed in a Balmain park.

[@jimincairns]

Doug and his missus have the cutest little house in Jersey Road. What a delightful couple they are.

[@Bjornlooser]

Great video for a great song

[@RoderickMatt69]

a great song

[@LordKragcore]

you did a terrific video,to one of the most memorial songs.just beautiful. maggie

[@MrSilkydrew]

Speechless

[@MickB235]

The Robertson brothers did a cover of this and absolutely murdered it ...I think this one is best left to doug ashdown

[@BIGBALKANBROTHERS]

Here is the comment from him send by email to me on my request to put his song online: Hi Peter Many thanks for your kind words regarding my song Winter In America. You obviously have put a lot of work and thought into the clip. I have no objections to you posting it on You Tube.Kind Regards Doug Ashdown

[@harroldborgen9559]

Great song.

[@erpepeyo]

Thanks Doug...Thanks ever

[@Deliquescentinsight]

It is one of the good ones, that is certain-real experience went into writing it you can just tell.

[@ccdcassi]

Hope you had a great Birthday Doug - from OZ

[@Ommm2z]

If it's any consolation So do I 🙏🕉

[@7316bobe]

I wish I could have known enough of love to leave love enough alone.

[@manonamountain]

Wish i'd known enough of porn,to leave porn enough alone.

[@guzzi1965]

This song make me sad. The news that my dad died in Nam.

[@patdewitorolfo1]

But i really love it the ways how it is writen ... it can be happen for all of us .. and it happens also once for me ... I believed that grass was really greener ... but later on in found out that it was not true .... ohhhhhhh ...

[@possumsnest]

My favourite song of all time - brings back days of youth and hope ...Doug can you post a clip of you singing it? Thanks for this lovely video but would love to hear you sing it again live x

[@HassieCX650E]

Good sound quality also

[@seanwayman635]

The best Australian folk song of the 1970s? Certainly a contender.

[@Fred50099]

Wow!

[@scottcampbell1377xanadu]

I believe it was titled Leave love enough alone, then changed to winter in America

[@ruthrobertson192]

the truth about this song is Doug Ashdown did not write it.....my deceased husband wrote it and sold it to Doug Ashdown...the song was originally called Winter in Australia and it is about where we lived in Queenscliff Victoria...the frangipani was in our front garden....Doug claimed it for his own....he did not write the lyrics but probably modified the melody slightly

[@PeterJohnBosse]

+Ruth Saliba Doug never claimed that he wrote it alone.

[@ruthrobertson192]

if you look at the published sheet music it clearly states...."written by Doug Ashdown and Jimmy Stewart"....neither of these wrote it!!

[@samtoucan1346]

+Ruth Saliba If that is the case, why are you bringing it up now, when the song is over 40 years old?

[@murrayjohnson3326]

+Ruth Saliba What was your late husband's name Ruth? Did he write other songs? Was he a professional songwriter, or hobbyist? It's been one of my favourite songs for 30 or more years.

[@ruthrobertson192]

he was not a professional song writer....his name was Chris Dyer....he wrote this song about our marriage split...I just think it's not right that Doug Ashdown has gotten all the credit for a song he never wrote...the only words that he changed was "America" because they thought it would do better in USA...which it did...!! whether you want to accept as I say as truth...that's up to you but it's TOTALLY the truth....Chris got a pittance for the song. I think it's a sad thing that everybody believes it was a Doug Ashdown song....I think it was the only hit he had and he didn't even write it!

[@WesterlyWindina]

An Australian dynamo who was left out in the cold by his own people a disgrace - you live on Doug with style and emotion that's lost now. Why can't they do it like so many of you.

[@ritamartin8733]

I love Amerika forever and 3days.🆒😄😢👍🔆🌠

[@irishgoat123]

For Dee RIP my friend .

[@jimincairns]

@swannieist Bulldust. It was co-written by Doug and Jim Stewart, his manager .

[@ruthrobertson192]

This is to idak12.....yes i do! Thank you for being so kind and totally understanding! Xxxxx

[@bennyjazzful]

I agree 100%

[@PeterJohnBosse]

Most of the pictures I got from Google and Doug is own website. Here is the comment from him send by email to me on my request to put his song online: Hi Peter Many thanks for your kind words regarding my song Winter In America. You obviously have put a lot of work and thought into the clip. I have no objections to you posting it on You Tube.Kind Regards Doug Ashdown In a couple of weeks I am finalizing a new version of this song so stay in tune and thanks for the compliment pzanzerl

[@miavalgaerts7548]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@victoriacorcoran1258]

Doug, my favourite song of all time. Where can I buy a copy of this and your work. Cheers Vicky

[@jangeert69]

Victoria you can get this song for free. You need only the URL-code of this video and go to this site: www.youtube-mp3.org/ Remove the URL-code what's already standing and place the new one in it (you can do it with all the URL-codes on KZbin, only the video's of KZbin), press on the words "Video Convert" then wait a view seconds and then you have only the music on MP3. I did this already with some 5000 songs. Its fast, easy and without virussen.

[@robertbawden1702]

+Victoria Corcoran steal it like doug did

[@kerryheysen-hicks4844]

But isn't it better to pay the artist for such a beautiful rendition.@@jangeert69

[@PeterJohnBosse]

thanks for the nice comments

[@jimincairns]

@nicco47 Jimmy was Doug's manager, too.

[@raccuia1]

Justin Bieber Baby baby baby Doug Ashdown Winter in America is cold Hmmmmmm now which 1 will I play over and over again. Let me me think............hmmmmmmmm. Hehehehe not even a close call...............Doug wins by a country mile.

[@JordyJayHomer]

Was this a hit in America? It doesn't say so on Wikipedia.

[@Godbluffer]

@chapynl I just listened to Gil Scott-Heron's song of the same name, but you really have to be tone- *and* word-deaf to confuse it with *this* song; they are totally dissimilar!

[@parkaoz]

The photo of Doug at 0:04 reminds me so much of Weird Al Yankovic... :-)

[@wia62]

onwijs goed

[@BobSchoepenjr]

I always hated this song because I found it too short... 🥲. Timeless song anyway.

[@moondiamondcat]

By the way - does anyone know why, in every copy of the lyrics I've ever found online, the second line of this song is given as "The friendship any opens up to kiss the salty air"? "Friendship any"?? It's FRANGIPANI - as in the flower! I don't know if frangipanis actually do bloom in winter in America, but at least it makes sense... C'mon, is Doug's Aussie accent really that hard to understand?

[@haatwerken]

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